WANT more sex or time with your partner? Dissatisfied New York couples are getting lawyers to draw up contracts to help them get what they want from their relationships.

The written contracts can stipulate anything from how many times the couple will commit to having sex each week, to who puts the garbage out and what nights they'll go out on dates. The contracts are said to be an effective tool for managing relationship issues.

One couple, Gregg Sullivan and Toni Mantus, told CBS News they asked their lawyer to include these "lifestyle clauses"in their pre-nuptial agreement.

"I promise you that I am going to be making sure that you're having more fun, more dates, and more time of mine,"Gregg old Toni.

The contracts are not everyone's cup of tea. Spontaneity would be among the first casualties. They are also non-legally binding, which means they can't be enforced in a court of law if one person should fail to live up to their side of the bargain.

Regardless, marriage counsellor Gracie Landes said the contracts were good because they helped keep couple's accountable.

"It's nice to have a contract and say, look, we did agree to this,"she said.

The only question is will it actually work? Would you consider a relationship contract? Tell us why in the comments below

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Comments on this story

Sean C Beasley of Springbrook Posted at 4:05 PM May 01, 2013

I use a similar approach to this one with all of my current boyfriends. Not a written contract as such, but I let them know that their lives will not be worth living if I go more than two days in a row where I don't have trouble sitting down.

Shane of Perth Posted at 4:03 PM May 01, 2013

This is just another case of a product offered by someone in business seeking an edge. Guess what? insecure people will buy it.
See it for all it is - Making money off other peoples misery.

slenderman of standing right behind you Posted at 3:55 PM May 01, 2013

The flip side to hearing "no" all the time is that you are now able to say "no" to all that stupid shit that YOU don't want to do. Her: "We're going to (insert name here)'s for dinner on Saturday night"; You: "No!". Her: "We're going to the movies to watch (insert name of latest, puke-inducing chick-flick); You: "No!". It doesn't matter what she wants, you no longer have to go along with it. What's she gonna do about it? Punish you by not having sex? Oops, that boat has sailed. You might not get sex anymore, but every weekend is yours to do what ever the f*ck you like. No more pissing away your hard-earned time off with her stupid friends and their whiny bastard children. And if you find that you're the only one who does anything around the house anymore, YOU suddenly have the additional power of "I'm too tired" and that classic line of aeons past "I have a headache". If you really want to mess with her head; stop asking for sex. She'll be smug about it for a little while, but after a week of not being able to turn you down, paranoia will set in. You won't be doing anything wrong, but you'll have fun watching her worry. After 3 or 4 weeks she'll start dragging you into the bedroom.

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